But I can state confidently there isn’t a shred of me that wants to swap existences with Donald, Ivanka, Don Jr or the others. There’s nothing like contemplating Trump in his bathrobe, distractedly watching Fox in a gold-encrusted Mar-a-Lago bedroom suite, to make you appreciate your cramped flat and non-celebrity life. Actually, we can buy happiness | Oliver Burkeman Read moreYou might object that only a philosopher would take the idea of life-swapping literally. The very fact of your daydreaming about a radically different life is a product of your own. Which, come to think of it, is maybe why Trump seems to be spending his presidency on a never-ending tour of golf courses.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 13:52 UTC